Reproducible Assessment of General Education
Systematic Use of Course-Level Student Data
Dr. Clifton Franklund
October 24, 2017
Presentation Handouts
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Training handout and standard measures
About Ferris State
West Central Michigan
Medium Masters University
14,600 students
Recently Revised General Education
Opportunity to embed assessment
General Education Assessment
Goal:
Track and improve program effectiveness
Our program primarily consists of courses
Embedded course assignments are the most meaningful and valid measures of student learning.
General Education applies to all students
Therefore, we are measuring student performance in General Education using embedded assessments for all students in all courses.
Project Scope
In a typical semester, General Education at Ferris:
Offers over 400 different courses
Instructs over 5,000 individual students
Involves over 500 different faculty
Generates over 50,000 student credit hours
Is responsible for $20,000,000 in revenue
Project Resources
Program coordinator (me, 50% release)
General Education Committee (advisory, no release)
Line item budget ($0)
Dedicated staff (none)
Other staff (Registrar and IR)
The Assessment Cycle
The Futile Cycle